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Comprehensive provincial restrictions on electronic cigarette marketing are associated with lower levels of exposure to marketing and lower prevalence of e-cigarette use

Government E-Cigarette Restrictions on Marketing Lower Use

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Findings among repeated surveys of 16 to 19-year-olds in Canada
Higher blood pressure is connected to narrowing of retinal arterioles in young children

Blood Pressure, Retinal Vessel Diameters Connected in Children

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Children with narrower central retinal arteriolar equivalent have higher systolic BP at follow-up
For patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Heart Failure Ups Risk of Death in Patients With New T2DM

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Five-year risk ratio of death linked to heart failure three times higher at five years after T2DM diagnosis
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Affordable Care Act

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Oral arguments in the ACA case are scheduled for the Supreme Court's next term
The list of conditions that put people at risk for severe COVID-19 illness has been expanded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC Updates List of Who Is at Highest Risk for COVID-19

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Agency now says risk among adults increases steadily with age, and is not limited to those over 65
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among young adults in the United States is rising

Metabolic Syndrome Up in Young Adults in the United States

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Significant increases between 2011 and 2016 also seen for women, Asians, and Hispanics
Inhibition of sclerostin with romosozumab may increase cardiovascular risk

Inhibition of Sclerostin May Increase Cardiovascular Risk

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SOST genetic variants linked to lower risk for fracture and osteoporosis but higher risk for MI, major CV AEs
Sex and ethnicity differential patterns of COVID-19 positivity are not explained by cardiometabolic

Sex, Ethnic Differential Patterns of COVID-19 Unexplained

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Increase in COVID-19 for men, BAME not due to cardiometabolic, sociodemographic, behavioral factors
Following declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic as a national emergency

ED Use Down for MI, Stroke, Hyperglycemic Crisis in COVID-19

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Drop in visits seen in the 10-week period following declaration of COVID-19 as national emergency
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening all adults for hypertension with office-based blood pressure measurement. This recommendation is included in a draft recommendation statement

USPSTF Advises Hypertension Screening for All Adults

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Blood pressure should be measured outside clinical setting to confirm diagnosis before treatment